Richard Schwartz

Disney+ has inked a two-year deal with David Gelb (“Chef's Table,” “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”), Brian McGinn (“Chef's Table,” “Amanda Knox”) and Jason Sterman (“13th,” “Five Came Back”) of Supper Club. Under the exclusive pact, the trio will create premium franchise-based and original-concept nonfiction programming for the streaming service as well as other platforms and networks within The Walt Disney Company.

Arena Stage announces the presentation of the fourth annual Beth Newburger Schwartz Award to National Public Radio's Nina Totenberg, with actor and performer Kathleen Turner headlining the 2019 Arena Stage Annual Gala. The Gala will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at the Mead Center for American Theater

Arena Stage will host a silent and live wine auction on Friday, October 26, 2018 at the Mead Center for American Theater (1101 Sixth St., SW). The event is helmed by Arena Stage Trustees Judith N. Batty, Gene Samburg and Beth Newburger Schwartz.

59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) is thrilled to welcome the NYC premiere of THE ORIGINALIST written by John Strand and directed by Molly Smith. Produced by Middle Finger Production, LLC [Beth Newburger, Executive Producer] and Arena Stage and part of 59E59's Subscription Series, THE ORIGINALIST begins performances on Saturday, July 14 for a limited engagement through Sunday, August 19. 

Many Trump Refugees in One Body, written by Lyralen Kaye, SAG/AFTRA, AEA, directed by Caitlin Inglis, is the story of an over-achieving multiple's struggles to claim a new country. The story opens on election night, November 8, 2016, and moves quickly to Kaye's decision to immigrate…on November 9!

Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Director Edgar Dobie are pleased to announce that Broadway legend Maurice Hines will serve as the Master of Ceremonies and international touring artist and global humanitarian Mary McBride will headline the 2018 Arena Stage Gala honoring Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Mead Center for American Theater (1101 Sixth St., SW). As previously announced, the Gala features the presentation of the third annual Beth Newburger Schwartz Award to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and will recognize Jessica Stafford Davis as an Emerging Leader. The Gala is helmed by event chairs and Arena Stage Trustees Lavern Chatman and Maggie FitzPatrick.

Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Director Edgar Dobie are pleased to announce the presentation of the third annual Beth Newburger Schwartz Award to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, as well as recognize Jessica Stafford Davis as an Emerging Leader at the 2018 Arena Stage Annual Gala. The Gala is helmed by event chairs and Arena Stage Trustees Lavern Chatman and Maggie FitzPatrick, and will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at the Mead Center for American Theater (1101 Sixth St., SW).

This is your friendly reminder that tonight is the premiere of Kristen Bell's ENCORE (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST). In ENCORE, executive producer Bell, who also appears, reunites the cast of a high school musical and asks them to perform it again twenty years later. Each former student reprises their role from their original production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony-winning musical, INTO THE WOODS, under the tutelage of Broadway directors, choreographers and voice coaches.

ET has shared a first look at ABC's one-hour musical event special ENCORE. The show premieres on SUNDAY, DEC. 10 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST). In ENCORE, executive producer Kristen Bell, who also appears, reunites the cast of a high school musical and asks them to perform it again twenty years later.

ABC will premiere the one-hour musical event special ENCORE on SUNDAY, DEC. 10 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST). In the show, executive producer Kristen Bell, who also appears, reunites the cast of a high school musical and asks them to perform it again twenty years later.

Freeform, Disney's young adult television and streaming network, in association with Sony Pictures Television, today announced that its first original Christmas movie, ANGRY ANGEL, will premiere Monday, Nov. 27 (9:00-11:00 p.m. EST), during the network's annual Countdown to 25 days of Christmas extravaganza.

In the show, executive producer Bell, who also appears, reunites the cast of a high school musical and asks them to perform it again twenty years later.

Freeform, Disney's young adult television and streaming network, in association with Sony Pictures Television, today announced that its first original Christmas movie, ANGRY ANGEL, will premiere Monday, Nov. 27 (9:00-11:00 p.m. EST), during the network's annual Countdown to 25 days of Christmas extravaganza.

Freeform, Disney's young adult television and streaming network, in association with Sony Pictures Television, announced today that it has started production on their first original Christmas movie, ANGRY ANGEL in Toronto.

Freeform, Disney's young adult television and streaming network, in association with Sony Pictures Television, announced today that it has started production on their first original Christmas movie, “Angry Angel,” in Toronto.

Actress Jenny Pellicer will join Academy Award winner Catherine Zeta Jones in Lifetime's COCAINE GODMOTHER. Cocaine Godmother examines the complicated life of Griselda Blanco (Zeta-Jones) and Pellicer is set to play Carolina Maria Telles, who meets Blanco at a New York City club and becomes her sons' babysitter and Blanco's devoted lover. The TV Movie is set to premiere in 2018. 

At Freeform's upfront presentation opened by Iliza Shlesinger ('Truth & Iliza') held in New York today, The Walt Disney Company's millennial-focused television network announced a bold and robust programming lineup built around top talent, premium original content and prominent Disney properties

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will host An Evening with Bebe Neuwirth on Monday, May 1, 2017.